News Archive for January, 2009

US News & World Report child-health columnist Nancy Shute wrote a column encouraging parents to increase vitamin D intake for children, but repeated errors about “The Sunshine Vitamin” made by a nutritionist.…

Dermatology’s most ridiculous assertion – that base tans don’t protect against sunburn — reared its ugly head again this week in a Fox News broadcast that has gone viral on the internet. Dermatologist Mitch Chasin tells Fox News: “It’s a …

Dermatology’s most ridiculous assertion – that base tans don’t protect against sunburn — reared its ugly head again this week in a Fox News broadcast that has gone viral on the internet. Dermatologist Mitch Chasin tells Fox News: “It’s a …

“I’m glad sunscreen has been shown to be associated with more skin cancer rather than less. It’s not in the mainstream media yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. …I love it …

“I’m glad sunscreen has been shown to be associated with more skin cancer rather than less. It’s not in the mainstream media yet, but the biggest jump in skin cancer has occurred since the advent of sunscreens. …I love it …

A respected British oncologist has published an article in The London Daily Mail encouraging moderate indoor tanning as a means of manufacturing vitamin D reliably — adding to the growing list of defectors from Big Dermatology’s anti-sun, “sun scare” dogma.…

Smart Tan is seeing a growing number of erroneous media reports claiming that indoor tanning is not a good source of vitamin D because it is “UVA tanning” — a mis-statement that many dermatology groups incorrectly spread in recent years.…

Smart Tan is seeing a growing number of erroneous media reports claiming that indoor tanning is not a good source of vitamin D because it is “UVA tanning” — a mis-statement that many dermatology groups incorrectly spread in recent years.…